Google Classroom - All teachers distribute information and assignments through their own individual Google Classrooms. Students are responsible for keeping track of assignments and due dates. Please don't be shy about asking your child to show you all of their Google Classrooms. Please understand, Google Classroom is a bit like an agenda book with a check list. Just because your child "turns in" an assignment through Classroom, doesn't mean they actually did it. This is why it is important to keep an eye on PowerSchool to check for the grades students earned and any missing assignments. 

PowerSchool - PowerSchool is our digital gradebook. You can click on each grade to see scores and comments for individual assignments.  There is a web version and an app. Instructions and the code for the app are on  the district webpage . You can also contact the Middle School Office to get help. Monitoring PowerSchool weekly is the best way to see if your child is completing their work on time and performing successfully.  Once you know your login information, you can access PowerSchool at https://springfield.ps.nwoca.org/public/home.html 

Google Read & Write is a powerful text to speech extension that will read text from Google Docs, webpages and more.  The district has subscribed to it. Students who are auditory learners or who need some assistance with texts above their reading level will find the text to speech feature useful.  It also has a screen mask that can help students stay focused on the part of the webpage they are reading and highlighters that can help students mark key ideas on a web page to help them process what they are reading.  Here is a video demonstration of what the program can do. Typically the icon is found to the right of the address bar on the student's Chromebook.